| Term Name: | hair root |
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| Definition: | The enlarged basal part of a hair within the skin[BTO]. The root of the hair ends in an enlargement, the hair bulb, which is whiter in color and softer in texture than the shaft, and is lodged in a follicular involution of the epidermis called the hair follicle. [Wikipedia]. |
| Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0000329] |